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MEOWSN' x SCRUNIVERSAL

Across the river Mersey, a broadcast beams out of Transmission Towers. Signalling the arrival of a new transcendent machine soul duo and their forthcoming debut album Transmission One, the grooves of ‘Roller Skater 23’ reverberate into the atmosphere. Laced up, strapped in, this is a cosmic cruiser to soundtrack your ride on the interstellar airwaves.

Transmission Towers, operated by Mark Kyriacou and Eleanor Mante, brings together two artists who collaborated over 10 years ago and stayed friends ever since. This new project, which also marks the first release on Luke Una’s new É Soul Cultura label, orbits a synthesised world won over by soul. Giving a first taste of what’s to come on their forthcoming album, the lead single is an outer planetary excursion taking in off-kilter E soul, tripped-out astral punk and sonic Afrofuturism.

Machines melding with emotions, Mark programming the synthesisers and drum machines as Eleanor lays down the lyrical radiance. Galactic keys, hyperspace basslines and celestial strings, it’s the kind of otherworldly energy that transports your mind to another dimension.

Amplifying this first transmission as far as it can possibly reach, Crooked Man aka Parrot has been brought in on mix down duties. Combined with a heavyweight mastering by Joker, ‘Roller Skater 23’ is destined to command dancefloors and capture minds wherever it is received.

Transmission Towers - Roller Skater 23

SOYUZ (СОЮЗ) stole our hearts back in 2022 when we released their album Force Of The Wind to critical acclaim. Here we proudly present the predecessor to that LP, the band’s sophomore long player from 2019 that was previously only available digitally. It captures a pivotal evolving period in the band's career, the recordings giving a snapshot of what would become their sound on Force Of The Wind, yet with echoes of avant-psychedelic-pop footprints from yester years.

Produced at a time when band leader Alex Chumak had moved from Minsk to Kyiv, torn between the need to try something new and the homesickness it brought about. Travelling back to Minsk almost weekly, Alex joined fellow band members Mikita Arlou and Stanislav Murashko to lay down II at Studio 42. The album captures these transient feelings, contextualised through the broad scope of influences the band were nourished by. From MPB to Ethio-Jazz and the Italian library soundtracks of Piero Piccioni and Piero Umiliani, the album shines with touches of joy from across the globe.

The opening track 'Verocai' is a tribute to the Brazilian maestro and 'Mirouze', whilst being named after a French favourite of the band, Jean-Pierre Mirouze, pays clear homage to Milton Nascimento and Lô Borges. A ghostly sample and invisible connection to music made miles away in a different era that has influenced and become part of the band’s lives. This is further reinforced in the album's enchanting closer, the aptly titled 'Nascimento', another nod to the great Brazilian musician and singer.

The beginnings of the cinematic, soul-laden jazz SOYUZ are now known for, are on display across the likes of ‘Lyric’ and 'Motive I'. The latter an orchestrated jazz instrumental with sensuous string sections, all of which were recorded on the warmth of a Studer reel-to-reel and waltzing Rhodes keys.

SOYUZ’s wide-ranging palate is further demonstrated in tracks like ‘Business Partners’ with its Krauty, kosmische, new wave production featuring Inturist, and the oh-too-short Anatolian-influenced interlude 'Corrida'. Elsewhere, 'Tezeta' and ‘ES-2 Jazz’ hint at the psychedelic haze of soul-funk, with the former featuring verses from Serbian rapper Petar Martic.

For this new physical and digital release, the whole album was mixed from scratch by Ryan Power before Joker worked his magic on the remaster. More excellence is to come from SOYUZ, but in the meantime, we are thrilled to present this essential recording from the band’s foundational years, mixed to a level that does it the justice it deserves.

SOYUZ - Tezeta (feat. Petar Martic) (Remastered)

jazzy house

forthcoming double 12" vinyl (M.M-41)
@ampfiddler

A1: It's Alright feat. Neco Redd & additional vocals by Ideeyah(Waajeed's Earl Flynn remix)
A2: Through Your Soul feat. Bubz Fiddler & James Yancey
A3: Put Me In Your Pocket feat. Dames Brown, Will Sessions & Chris Bruce

B1: No Politics feat. Neco Redd, Andres & Bubz Fiddler
B2: Keep Coming

C1: I'm Feeling You
C2: Say So

D1: It's Alright feat. Neco Redd
D2: Good Vibes feat. Only Child


snippet by @floreal1

AMP DOH KNIGHTS

AMP DOG KNIGHTS

AMP FIDDLER - AMP DOG KNIGHTS LP (2x12" snippet)

The first solo production from @max-graef in 2018 sees him taking on 
@oscarjerome, one of London's brightest songwriting prospects. A dub-infused, percussive workout, layered with tape textures and only the faintest hints of the original instrumental.

Read more & check Oscar's upcoming European tour: http://www.stampthewax.com/2018/04/23/premiere-oscar-jerome-where-are-your-branches-max-graef-remix/
Listen on Youtube: http://bit.ly/oscar-max

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Oscar Jerome - Where Are Your Branches? (Max Graef Remix) (STW Premiere)

Just when you thought I was out, I decided to do another beat-a-day project.

These are the results of the fourth week and those final days.

Last one is a cover. 

Follow me on Instagram for daily beats instagram.com/dkhgh/

Hear last year's beats here: soundcloud.com/dukehugh/sets/beataday-2017
Hear 2016s beats here: soundcloud.com/dukehugh/sets/beataday-2016-1
Hear 2015's beats here: soundcloud.com/dukehugh/sets/beataday

Beataday 2018 week 4

Buy link: https://ivanconti.bandcamp.com/album/katmandu

Following on from his 2019 solo album Poison Fruit, Azymuth’s drummer Ivan ‘Mamão’ Conti returns with ‘Katmandu’. Though it was recorded and mixed in the same sessions, ‘Katmandu’ was mysteriously omitted by Mamão from the Poison Fruit album, either accidentally or on purpose, he’s not quite sure. What is for sure is that it’s one of the most potent poison grooves of them all.

This EP is the second in a series of limited edition dance 12”s celebrating 25 years of Far Out Recordings and is housed in a special sleeve which uses the label’s original semiquaver logo from 1994.

Katmandu

PREMIERE: Ivan Conti - Katmandu (Jazzanova Remix)[Far Out Recordings]

Psychedelic dub-disco from Berlin-based trio @raswithyou on Botniss.

Read More & Buy: http://www.stampthewax.com/2020/03/12/premiere-ras-pharoah-zman-halal/
Listen on Youtube: bit.ly/RASPharoahZman

Pharoah / Zman Halal

RAS - Pharoah / Zman Halal (STW Premiere)

Eriksson Kaner & Sascha Create - Ithaca (ft. James Akers)

The In Sound From Way Out 

Residents: @aaronl_dj ≈ @original-hp ≈ @miazs-1 ≈ @peachystw ≈ @rosie-ama-cain ≈

Oscar Jerome - Where Are Your Branches? (Max Graef Remix) (STW Premiere)

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